Soras won’t pay claims as MicroEnsure says it met its end of bargain
Residents of Kivuruga in Gakenke District take their farm produce to the local market. PHOTO | CYRIL NDEGEYA
Smallholder farmers who insured their crops against poor yield occasioned by bad weather have entered the second year without being compensated.
This was after the micro-insurance agent that had insured them, MicroEnsure, closed down without processing their claims. This has left the farmers — who had borrowed heavily to buy farm inputs, including seeds, fertilizers and farm chemicals distributed by the government — heavily indebted.
